Category: Yarn Bombs & Fiber Art

Makoto Kitazawa Crocheted a Bacteriophage Soft Sculpture

Posted by Danielle | Jan 2, 2019 | Crochet Patterns, Yarn Bombs & Fiber Art |

If you’ve never seen Makoto Kitazawa’s soft sculptures, you’re in for a treat! I...

Award-Winning Fiber Artist Anna Marie Peterson Painted With Wool … Did I Mention She Started At Age 94?

Posted by Danielle | Dec 28, 2018 | Yarn Bombs & Fiber Art |

UPDATED December 2021: I just learned that Anna passed earlier this year, on September 9th. I am...

It Took 2,300 screws & 700 Meters Of Yarn To Bring This Cross-Stitch Mural To Life … This Is Street Art At Its Best!

Posted by Danielle | Dec 27, 2018 | Featured, Yarn Bombs & Fiber Art |

This is simply amazing … terrific concept and perfect execution! “In this...

This Pigeon Wears a One-of-a-Kind Crochet Sweater To Represent the Laysan Crake, a Bird Species Lost To Extinction

Posted by Danielle | Dec 27, 2018 | Craftivist Patterns, Crochet Patterns, Yarn Bombs & Fiber Art |

I first shared one of Laurel Ruth Hope‘s incredible Biodiversity Reclamation Suits as part of this...

The Purple Lilac Crochets Science So You Can Too

Posted by Danielle | Dec 26, 2018 | Crochet Patterns, Yarn Bombs & Fiber Art |

Tahani Baakdhah is a Toronto-based researcher studying stem cells in the retina at the Institute...

Barbara Lohnen and Marieke Voorsluijs Are Experts at Knitting The Bizarre

Posted by Danielle | Dec 26, 2018 | Yarn Bombs & Fiber Art |

Founders of the Amsterdam-based textiles label Club Geluk, Barbara Lohnen and Marieke Voorsluijs...

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